Tow-line



L DUGGAN.

TOW LINE- APPLlCATlON FILED APR. 15. 1920. 0

1,386,052, Patented Aug. 2,1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH DUGGAN', OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

TOW-LINE.

Application filed April 15,

To all 1072 cm it may concern.

Be it known that I, JosnPH DUGGAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Detroit, in the county of 'ayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tow-Lines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to tow lines particu larly adapted, although not necessarily, for use in hauling stalled motor cars, a purpose 0'; my invention being the provision of a tow line oi simple and efficient construction which can be readily attached to and detached from the vehicle to be towed.

I will describe one form of tow line em bodying my invention and will then point out the novel reatures thereof in claims.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a view showing one form. oi tow ine embodying my invention.

2 is an enlarged detail view showing 1% elevation one of the looking blocks shown in F 1g. 1 and the manner in which the stretches of cable are trained therethrough. 25 i is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the block in top plan view.

Refer g specifically to the drawings, in w ich siniilar reference characters refer to si iilar parts. designates a main section of rope or cable one end or" which is bent upon itself and secured to the rope by splicing as indicated at 15 whereby, an eye or loop 16 is provided. The opposite end of the rope 15 is provided wi h branch sections 1'? and 17 35 .'l '01 are permanently connected thereto con esponding points by means of indicated at 18. The free ends of 1T and 17 are bent upon them md secured by splicing as at 19 to I s 20 or 20; Each eye 20 or 20 to receive the knotted end 21 or *elatively large loops or eyes 23 or knotted ends 21 or 21 are adapted to be locked within eyes 20 or 2O by means of locking blocks 13 and B which as shown in Figs. 2- and 3 are provided with circular openings to receive the stretches or" the loops 20 and 20. The openings of the blocks B and B are of suilicient size so as to permit the sliding of the blocks on the rope and to therebv cbnstrict the enlarged eyes 20 and 20 in efiecting a looking or releasing of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 2, 1921.

1920. Serial No. 374,111.

knotted ends 21 and 21 It is to be understood that the blocks B and B are applied to the rope sections 1.7 and 1'7 prior to the foriation ot' the eyes 20 and 20 so that after the splicing 19 has been eiiected the blocks are permanently retained on the rope sections.

In the practical application of the tow line. the eye 16 is adapted to be connected to a suitable part of the towing vehicle, the

eyes 23 and 23 embracing the front axle of the vehicle to be towed; it willbe understood that before this operation can be etr'ected the knotted ends of the rope sections 22 and 22 are removed from the eyes 20 and 20 by sliding the blocks B and B rearwardly upon the rope. After the rope sections 17 and 22 have been trained about the axle, the knotted ends are then inserted into the eyes and the blocks pushed forwardly, so as to engage the knots and thereby effectively lock the two sections in eye formation.

Although I have herein shown and described only one form of tow line embodying my invention, it is to be understood that various changes and modifications may be made herein without departing from the spirit of the invention and the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

lVhat I claim is 1. A towline comprising, a main section, and branch sections connected to oneend 01 the main section, and having their free ends formed with eyes, relatively short sections connected to the branch sections and having knotted ends adapted to extend through the eyes of the branch sections, and locking blocks slidably fitted on the eyes of the branch sections for locking the knotted ends of the short sections within the eyes.

2. A tow line comprising, a main section, branch sections connected to the main section and having their free ends bent upon themselves and spliced to form eyes, relat'vely short sections spliced to the branch sections at points intermediate their ends, the short sections'having their tree ends formed with knots, and means on the branch sections operable to eifect a constriction of said eyes for locking the knotted ends of the short sections therein.

JOSEPH DUGGAN. 

